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Published: May 04, 2018
Vol/Issue: 4(5)

Authors

A

Andrea Tomadin

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy.

S

Sam M. Hornett

School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, UK.

H

Hai I. Wang

Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.; Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany.

E

Evgeny M. Alexeev

University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.

A

Andrea Candini

Centro S3, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, via Campi 213/a 41125 Modena, Italy.

C

Camilla Coletti

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy.; Center for Nanotechnology Innovation at NEST, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy.

D

Dmitry Turchinovich

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany.; Fakultät für Physik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.

M

Mathias Kläui

Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.

M

Mischa Bonn

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany.

F

Frank H. L. Koppens

ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain.; ICREA - Institució Catalana de Reçerca i Estudis Avancats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.

E

Euan Hendry

School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, UK.

M

Marco Polini

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy.

K

Klaas-Jan Tielrooij

ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Award: DFG Priority Program Graphene SPP 1459, SFB TRR173

European Commission Award: 696656

European Research Council Award: 307806

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad Award: FIS2014-59639-JIN

European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Award: FP7-ICT-2013-613024-GRASP

EPSRC Award: EP/K041215/1

state research center for innovative and emerging mateirals Award: INEMA

Cite This Article

Andrea Tomadin, Sam M. Hornett, Hai I. Wang, et al. (2018). The ultrafast dynamics and conductivity of photoexcited graphene at different Fermi energies. Science Advances, 4(5). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar5313

The ultrafast dynamics and conductivity of photoexcited graphene at different Fermi energies

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